Domestic Energy Efficiency Annual Report 2013-14

Domestic Energy Efficiency in Newham Annual Report 2013-14

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DOMESTIC ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN NEWHAM ANNUAL REPORT

2013-14 London Borough of Newham

Energy and Sustainability Sue Walker

Rob Ballington January 2015


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Contents

The national and international picture .............................................................................................. 3

How Newham is doing compared to all other London boroughs ...................................................... 4

How much gas and electricity Newham homes use ......................................................................... 6

Barriers to improving energy efficiency levels in Newham ............................................................. 14

Opportunities offered by the new funding frameworks of ‘Green Deal’ and ‘ECO’ ......................... 14

What we are doing in Newham to improve our domestic energy efficiency standards ................... 16

Installation of physical measures ................................................................................................... 16

Action to identify eligible households ............................................................................................. 17

Action to reduce energy use through promotion of behaviour change ........................................... 17

How we are tackling the private rented sector ............................................................................... 18

The role of new-build and RSLs .................................................................................................... 18

How we are already maximising funding through the new ECO framework ................................... 19


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The national and international picture Domestic energy efficiency has had its profile raised in recent years due to the link to climate change. This is because harmful pollutants such as carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere by power stations, who burn coal, oil and to a lesser extent gas, in order to heat and light our homes. International agreements, including European Union Directives, have put pressure on individual countries to improve their energy efficiency performance and so ‘cut carbon’. In 2008 the UK government responded through the Climate Change Act, which committed the UK for the first time to five-year rolling carbon reduction plans. The long-term target is to reduce ‘greenhouse gases’ (GHGs, primarily carbon) by 80% from 1990 levels by 2050. These are not currently translated down into local targets at local authority level, and so councils are free to develop their own local approaches. Each year the government issues a report on the energy efficiency of the UK housing stock – it always lags by two years and so the latest published in July 2014 relates to 20121. It shows that there has been a steady rate of improvement - nationally between 1996 and 2012 the average SAP2 rating of a dwelling increased by 14 SAP points from 45 to 59. Chart 1 below shows the improvement per tenure between 2001 and 2012.

However the UK still has a long way to go before becoming a domestically energy efficient country. At present the UK is known as the ‘cold man of Europe’, with very high levels of fuel poverty and poorly insulated homes3. The 2012 Annual Report showed that 73% of the housing stock could potentially have benefitted from at least one of the energy improvement measures covered by an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)4. These energy improvement measures were mainly of the basic kind - new heating via a condensing boiler, cavity wall insulation and installing or upgrading loft insulation.

1 English Housing Survey2012 Energy Efficiency of English Housing Report 2 SAP stands for Standard Assessment Procedure - it is the methodology used by DECC to assess and compare the energy and

environmental performance of dwellings, the range is 0-100 with the higher score the better the energy performance. The current version in use is SAP09. 3 Association for the Conservation of Energy - Energy efficiency and excess winter deaths: Comparing the UK and

Sweden, November 2013 4 An EPC confirms a property’s current energy performance and potential cost-effective improvement measures.

Chart 1: National average SAP rating by tenure, 2001-2012

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2012-energy-efficiency-of-english-housing-report


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How Newham is doing compared to all other London boroughs From the data available this can only be done by comparing levels of ‘carbon emissions per capita’. An estimate is made of the amount of carbon dioxide gas produced in the power station to supply the gas and electricity used in homes in the borough - this total is then divided by the number of residents in the borough to provide an estimate per person - this is called your personal ‘domestic carbon footprint’. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the responsible central government department, issues the statistics each year. These reports always lag by two years and the latest reports published in 2014 relate to 2012. If you want to view the reports go to https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-emissions-estimates. Newham’s record against other boroughs using this method of comparison is very good. Table 1 below ranks all London boroughs for each year since the start of DECC records in 2005, with the lowest domestic carbon footprint at the top. It shows that Newham has consistently had one of the lowest footprints in London. We overtook Tower Hamlets to reach the top of the table in 2011 and have maintained this position in 2012. The last two columns in the table show the movement in the size of footprint over time. All London boroughs saw an annual increase in their footprint between 2011-12, Newham having the 5th lowest rise. However almost all boroughs saw a significant decrease since 2005,with Newham’s improvement rate by far the greatest. It should also be noted that the real size of our footprint is even smaller than this. This is because Newham has long argued that the population statistics used by central government (ONS, stands for Office of National Statistics) significantly under-report the population of the borough, and that the GLA population projections are more accurate. However whilst we know that our domestic carbon footprint is small, largely due to low income, we recognise that as the population prospers we will need to encourage people to make more sustainable choices.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-emissions-estimates

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-emissions-estimates


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Borough 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Movement

from 2011 Movement from 2005

No Rank No Rank No Rank No Rank No Rank No Rank No Rank No Rank % Rank % Rank

Newham 1.888 2 1.852 2 1.763 2 1.698 2 1.494 2 1.538 2 1.320 1 1.432 1 8.5% 5 -24.1% 1

Haringey 2.395 21 2.338 20 2.232 19 2.141 17 1.885 15 2.001 15 1.733 15 1.873 15 8.1% 3 -21.8% 2

Barking & Dagenham 2.111 6 2.094 6 2.011 6 1.940 5 1.695 5 1.777 5 1.536 5 1.653 5 7.6% 1 -21.7% 3

Brent 2.310 18 2.257 16 2.159 16 2.093 14 1.855 12 1.944 10 1.658 10 1.820 11 9.8% 19 -21.2% 4

Waltham Forest 2.233 12 2.174 9 2.073 9 2.022 6 1.785 6 1.867 6 1.614 6 1.765 7 9.4% 16 -20.9% 5

Hackney 2.014 4 1.959 4 1.887 4 1.840 4 1.635 4 1.724 3 1.498 3 1.618 3 8.0% 2 -19.7% 6

Islington 2.237 13 2.191 12 2.112 12 2.085 12 1.855 12 1.949 11 1.657 9 1.799 9 8.6% 6 -19.6% 7

Greenwich 2.183 7 2.138 7 2.054 8 2.022 6 1.806 8 1.894 7 1.625 7 1.764 6 8.6% 6 -19.2% 8

Lambeth 2.203 8 2.152 8 2.053 7 2.028 8 1.803 7 1.909 8 1.647 8 1.788 8 8.6% 6 -18.8% 9

Lewisham 2.290 14 2.228 14 2.139 14 2.090 13 1.863 14 1.973 14 1.713 14 1.865 13 8.9% 10 -18.5% 10

Enfield 2.410 22 2.376 22 2.291 21 2.224 21 1.977 20 2.080 19 1.786 19 1.964 17 10.0% 22 -18.5% 10

Hounslow 2.229 11 2.191 12 2.104 10 2.074 10 1.836 9 1.929 9 1.663 11 1.818 10 9.3% 15 -18.4% 12

Redbridge 2.304 16 2.254 15 2.157 15 2.137 16 1.917 17 2.028 17 1.741 16 1.908 16 9.6% 17 -17.2% 13

Tower Hamlets 1.764 1 1.743 1 1.686 1 1.663 1 1.480 1 1.533 1 1.342 2 1.466 2 9.2% 13 -16.9% 14

Hillingdon 2.367 20 2.344 21 2.260 20 2.222 20 1.982 21 2.101 20 1.809 20 1.970 19 8.9% 10 -16.8% 15

Southwark 1.975 3 1.917 3 1.858 3 1.818 3 1.634 3 1.727 4 1.517 4 1.648 4 8.7% 9 -16.6% 16

Ealing 2.219 9 2.187 11 2.114 13 2.080 11 1.852 11 1.965 13 1.692 13 1.870 14 10.5% 28 -15.8% 17

Barnet 2.685 31 2.668 31 2.568 30 2.532 29 2.259 29 2.398 29 2.073 29 2.262 29 9.1% 12 -15.7% 18

Harrow 2.454 25 2.430 25 2.342 24 2.297 23 2.052 23 2.183 23 1.887 23 2.071 22 9.8% 19 -15.6% 19

Croydon 2.481 27 2.460 27 2.374 27 2.347 26 2.092 24 2.213 24 1.923 24 2.113 24 9.9% 21 -14.8% 20

Havering 2.581 29 2.561 29 2.466 28 2.429 28 2.169 28 2.319 28 2.006 27 2.208 27 10.1% 24 -14.5% 21

Bexley 2.420 23 2.393 23 2.303 23 2.274 22 2.048 22 2.176 22 1.886 22 2.084 23 10.5% 28 -13.9% 22

Wandsworth 2.305 17 2.257 16 2.178 17 2.176 18 1.941 18 2.059 18 1.785 18 1.991 20 11.6% 31 -13.6% 23

Kingston upon Thames 2.456 26 2.420 24 2.350 25 2.326 25 2.093 25 2.231 25 1.938 25 2.123 25 9.6% 17 -13.6% 23

Merton 2.316 19 2.279 18 2.196 18 2.189 19 1.967 19 2.106 21 1.842 21 2.029 21 10.1% 24 -12.4% 25

Sutton 2.447 24 2.444 26 2.371 26 2.355 27 2.109 26 2.234 26 1.960 26 2.157 26 10.0% 22 -11.9% 26

Bromley 2.745 32 2.723 32 2.631 32 2.615 32 2.362 31 2.525 31 2.201 31 2.424 31 10.2% 26 -11.7% 27

Hammersmith 2.226 10 2.179 10 2.104 10 2.115 15 1.896 16 2.024 16 1.753 17 1.968 18 12.3% 32 -11.6% 28

Camden 2.057 5 2.052 5 2.006 5 2.028 8 1.844 10 1.953 12 1.684 12 1.824 12 8.3% 4 -11.4% 29

Richmond upon Thames 2.679 30 2.655 30 2.580 31 2.588 31 2.339 30 2.501 30 2.178 30 2.410 30 10.6% 30 -10.0% 30

Westminster 2.290 14 2.310 19 2.291 21 2.315 24 2.158 27 2.308 27 2.031 28 2.219 28 9.2% 13 -3.1% 31

City of London 2.924 33 2.853 33 2.759 33 2.934 33 2.663 33 2.936 33 2.600 33 2.866 33 10.2% 26 -2.0% 32

Kensington and Chelsea 2.505 28 2.546 28 2.525 29 2.563 30 2.372 32 2.568 32 2.317 32 2.615 32 12.8% 33 4.4% 33

Table 1: London per capita local CO2 emission estimates 2005-2012 (Source: DECC)


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How much gas and electricity Newham homes use DECC publishes this information annually, at LSOA level (LSOAs are smaller than wards and typically cover about 400 households). The gas reporting year runs from 1st October and the electricity reporting year runs from 31st January. It measures actual use from gas and electricity meters, it is not an estimate. From the LSOA figures, usage can then be calculated by ward and Community Neighbourhood level. The latest report published in 2013 relates to 2012. The DECC

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-national-electricity-and-gas-report is available atconsumption-summary-report-2013. If you want to look at the information for your area, to find out

https://mgov.newham.gov.uk/mgFindMember.aspx what ward you are in go to and enter your post code.

Table 2 below shows these figures at LSOA level. The LSOAs are ranked in order of their gas use for 2012, the highest first. We have also included a comparison with the results of the DECC predictions for usage in 2012 from the 2010 gas and electricity consumption figures, in order to identify higher than expected gas and electricity use areas - this may indicate poor energy efficiency. However all LSOAs saw a decrease in gas use compared to the expected levels – this may be an indication of residents turning off their gas heating due to escalating prices. Some LSOAs did see an increase in electricity use compared to the expected levels – however these LSOAs were not those ranking high in our fuel poverty data, as shown in the last column of the table. So at this LSOA level there is no correlation with our fuel poverty data. Get more information on our fuel poverty data.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-national-electricity-and-gas-consumption-summary-report-2013

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-national-electricity-and-gas-consumption-summary-report-2013

https://mgov.newham.gov.uk/mgFindMember.aspx

http://www.newham.gov.uk/Documents/Environment%20and%20planning/FuelPovertyReport.pdf

http://www.newham.gov.uk/Documents/Environment%20and%20planning/FuelPovertyReport.pdf


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MLSOA LSOA Ward Av gas

use (kWh)

Compared to predicted

consumption from 2010

Av elec use (kWh)



FP Ranking (2012 10% indicator)

E02000720 E01003555 Plaistow South 18,310 -6.30% 4,783 -2.77% 33

E02000723 E01003532 Manor Park 17,108 -7.92% 4,367 +2.79% 47

E02000723 E01003530 Wall End 16,259 -11.65% 4,423 +2.58% 7

E02000730 E01003568 West Ham 16,161 -5.31% 4,224 +6.65% 12

E02000723 E01003529 Plaistow South 16,122 -8.65% 4,160 +1.50% 56

E02000717 E01003585 Forest Gate South 16,035 -10.38% 4,286 +1.31% 20

E02000721 E01003572 East Ham South 15,915 -11.06% 4,601 +5.50% 40

E02000730 E01003573 Plaistow North 15,768 -8.56% 4,115 +1.76% 43

E02000728 E01003628 Canning Town North 15,619 -10.37% 3,776 -1.90% 47

E02000716 E01003584 East Ham North 15,613 -9.39% 4,307 +7.14% 76

E02000724 E01003560 Stratford & New Town 15,544 -16.86% 4,018 +0.88% 25

E02000723 E01003531 Canning Town South 15,443 -7.85% 4,275 -1.71% 99


E02000715 E01003581 Green Street East 15,230 -6.16 3,728 -1.66% 16

E02000720 E01003547 Forest Gate North 15,061 -8.22% 3,936 +4.35% 40


E02000728 E01003627 Royal Docks 15,048 -7.90% 3,818 -0.69% 34

E02000719 E01003557 East Ham Central 14,986 -9.97% 4,766 +5.20% 108



E02000724 E01003533 Little Ilford 14,959 -14.05% 4,261 +7.10% 93


E02000727 E01003565 Boleyn 14,879 -12.40% 3,969 -3.99% 6

E02000723 E01003534 Manor Park 14,817 -5.43% 3,789 -7.41% 25

E02000714 E01003543 Wall End 14,738 -8.52% 3,703 +8.50% 66

E02000721 E01003570 Green Street East 14,671 -5.56% 4,575 +19.68% 14

E02000731 E01003520 Wall End 14,641 -14.57% 4,347 +14.23% 59


E02000724 E01003589 Custom House 14,573 -8.51% 3,841 +10.10% 40

E02000729 E01003597 East Ham South 14,373 -8.66% 3,473 -8.10% 72

Table 2: Newham 2012 domestic gas and electricity consumption by LSOA


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E02000738 E01003492 Green Street West 14,372 -9.93% 4,041 +9.40% 25


E02000718 E01003575 East Ham North 14,326 -10.26% 3,778 +6.23% 34

E02000721 E01003558 Manor Park 14,278 -13.17% 4,042 +8.82% 1

E02000724 E01003563 Little Ilford 14,275 -11.39% 3,822 +8.14% 5


E02000717 E01003579 Boleyn 14,255 -11.89% 3,787 -5.63% 20

E02000738 E01003495 Little Ilford 14,254 -9.85% 3,510 -6.50% 69



E02000730 E01003574 Canning Town South 14,169 -10.14% 3,549 +1.71% 20

E02000727 E01003562 Wall End 14,148 -12.42% 3,534 +5.93% 13



E02000745 E01003519 Wall End 14,009 -8.69% 4,093 -2.72% 108


E02000727 E01003564 Wall End 13,886 -12.50% 3,675 -0.31% 34

E02000715 E01003583 East Ham South 13,840 -8.61% 3,677 +3.42% 16

E02000729 E01003552 Boleyn 13,776 -12.45% 3,676 +1.12% 45



E02000731 E01003521 Forest Gate North 13,629 -13.73% 3,950 -0.28% 16


E02000739 E01003602 Plaistow North 13,454 -6.44% 3,828 -1.96% 74

E02000738 E01003493 Little Ilford 13,007 -7.10% 3,327 +4.73% 71

E02000728 E01003629 Canning Town North 12,995 -5.30% 3,401 +2.03% 39

E02000737 E01003537 East Ham Central 12,973 -8.14% 3,488 -4.36 29


E02000742 E01003539 East Ham Central 12,916 -6.97% 3,734 -2.35% 72




E02000734 E01003637 Royal Docks 12,802 -10.90% 3,573 -6.19% 62



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E02000714 E01003550 Boleyn 12,629 -13.24% 3,496 +7.25% 110




E02000741 E01003603 Manor Park 12,438 -8.58% 3,526 +1.11% 20

E02000746 E01003482 Wall End 12,357 -24.77% 6,118 +7.98% 156

E02000732 E01003524 East Ham South 12,343 -11.75% 3,633 +15.30% 58

E02000736 E01003623 West Ham 12,209 -7.87% 3,629 -0.60% 82

E02000714 E01003544 West Ham 12,201 -14.81% 3,662 +4.50% 45


E02000737 E01003523 Manor Park 12,111 -5.90% 3,484 +2.62% 76




E02000727 E01003566 Forest Gate South 11,919 -15.51% 3,348 -1.02% 88



E02000741 E01003605 West Ham 11,873 -6.55% 3,094 +0.90% 65

E02000737 E01003624 Custom House 11,841 -11.38% 3,498 +5.67% 81

E02000744 E01003508 Stratford & New Town 11,806 -10.59% 3,197 -4.70% 93

E02000741 E01003608 Royal Docks 11,804 -10.66% 3,764 +10.60% 54

E02000733 E01003632 Custom House 11,799 -12.55% 3,206 -3.89% 31

E02000742 E01003538 East Ham North 11,711 -5.65% 3,600 +5.00% 90

E02000748 E01003485 East Ham North 11,665 -9.56% 4,145 +1.05% 160

E02000715 E01003582 Custom House 11,664 -7.51% 3,016 -10.06% 52

E02000746 E01003486 Green Street West 11,542 +0.90% 3,741 -9.48% 158

E02000744 E01003604 Boleyn 11,539 -4.04% 3,501 +3.98% 59



E02000740 E01003500 Little Ilford 11,501 -10.70% 4,264 +12.69 126



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E02000750 E01033582 Beckton 11,435 N/A 4,636 N/A 162

E02000726 E01033586 Royal Docks 11,416 N/A 3,967 N/A 112

E02000745 E01003483 Green Street East 11,413 -11.09% 3,787 -0.27% 160


E02000725 E01003618 Little Ilford 11,339 -9.67% 3,131 -2.06% 28




E02000747 E01003497 Wall End 11,154 -13.25% 3,357 -2.15% 111

E02000726 E01003615 Beckton 11,136 -15.14% 3,403 -8.82% 78


E02000718 E01003580 East Ham North 10,928 -12.61% 3,224 -0.87% 14

E02000717 E01003587 East Ham South 10,867 -8.92% 4,337 +17.27% 132

E02000718 E01003528 East Ham North 10,838 -11.44% 2,901 -0.11% 103

E02000745 E01003516 Green Street East 10,821 -8.05% 3,338 -4.40% 96


E02000748 E01033574, E01033575, E01033576 Beckton/ Custom House 10,640 N/A N/A N/A N/A

E02000737 E01003542 Wall End 10,591 -7.12% 3,191 -5.58% 101


E02000734 E01003630 West Ham 10,499 -16.77% 3,084 +5.13% 86

E02000736 E01003535 Boleyn 10,410 -7.39% 3,405 +1.74% 115



E02000748 E01003513 West Ham 10,344 -6.22% 3,910 +4.92% 153






E02000743 E01003501 Manor Park 10,222 -19.77% 3,530 +0.12 117

E02000749 E01003512 East Ham South 10,206 -6.69% 3,202 -1.31% 101



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E02000747 E01003506 East Ham North 10,016 -11.31% 3,428 -7.38% 115

E02000745 E01003518 Manor Park 9,851 -9.71% 3,477 +4.29% 156

E02000722 E01003553 East Ham South 9,827 -16.06% 3,465 +6.80% 104

E02000740 E01003593 Stratford & New Town 9,821 -11.43% 3,084 -3.12% 113


E02000726 E01033583 Beckton 9,772 N/A 5,110 N/A 118


E02000744 E01003509 Boleyn 9,771 -9.74% 2,979 -6.88% 10

E02000750 E01033580 Beckton 9,769 N/A 2,732 N/A 164

E02000726 E01033579 Custom House 9,718 N/A 3,389 N/A 97

E02000715 E01003576 West Ham 9,685 -10.78% 2,763 -15.99% 82

E02000749 E01003517 Little Ilford 9,684 -13.63% 3,522 +2.16% 150




E02000725 E01003619 Manor Park 9,397 -8.52% 3,357 +4.92% 80

E02000733 E01003636 Custom House 9,395 -14.24% 3,107 -0.55% 129

E02000746 E01003480 Little Ilford 9,244 -10.9% 3,151 -5.33% 154

E02000740 E01003496 Little Ilford 9,226 -17.01% 3,395 +4.16% 142



E02000750 E01033577 Beckton 9,028 N/A 3,012 N/A 163

E02000750 E01033581 Beckton 9,027 N/A 3,580 N/A 140

E02000743 E01003503 Boleyn 8,829 -14.18% 2,912 +3.06% 142

E02000750 E01003609 Forest Gate North 8,683 -14.12% 2,910 -8.18% 151



E02000750 E01003611 West Ham 8,409 -19.65% 2,896 +5.21% 126


E02000749 E01003515 East Ham South 8,169 -19.82% 2,996 -0.50% 138

E02000718 E01003577 Custom House 7,956 -15.81% 2,430 -23.42% 132

Unallocated2 Unallocated N/A 7,709 N/A N/A N/A N/A



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E02000726 E01033578 Beckton 7,552 N/A 2,558 N/A 142

E02000747 Unallocated1 N/A No data N/A 7,034 N/A N/A

E02000750 Unallocated1 N/A No data N/A 2,156 N/A N/A

E02000747 E01033575 Custom House N/A N/A 6,548 N/A 146

E02000747 E01033576 Beckton N/A N/A 2,698 N/A 148

E02000747 E01033574 Beckton N/A N/A 4,242 N/A 149

E02000747 E01033576, E01033584 (Econ 7) Beckton / Royal Docks N/A N/A 3,143 N/A N/A

E02000745 E01003519, E01003480 (Econ 7) Wall End / Little Ilford N/A N/A 3,380 N/A N/A

E02000750 E01003611, E01033577, E01033580 (Econ 7) West Ham / Beckton N/A N/A 13,042 N/A N/A

Table 3 below uses the gas and electricity use by LSOA figures above to show this usage by Ward, ranked by gas use, the highest first. The higher than expected gas use figures may indicate newbuild sites. There does not seem to be any pattern to the higher or lower than expected electricity figures, and as before there is no correlation with our fuel poverty data.



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Ward Av gas

use (kWh)



Av elec use (kWh)



FP Ranking

(2012 10% indicator)

Wall End 121,781 -9.06% 38,131 +13.42% 4

Plaistow North 121,349 -4.5% 33,319 -2.46% 13

Canning Town South 118,964 +32.42% 34,950 +16.03% 16

Stratford & New Town 113,945 +24.16% 33,014 +5.33% 15

Forest Gate South 107,636 -19.73% 34,650 -1.59% 8

Little Ilford 107,489 -11.34% 34,073 +10.43% 3

Plaistow South 106,023 +14.86% 30,049 +17.62% 6

Forest Gate North 101,919 -8.32% 28,916 +2.52% 12

Manor Park 100,222 -13.74% 29,572 -4.1% 11

Canning Town North 100,038 +12.01% 28,058 +0.81% 17

Green Street East 98,966 -21.3% 32,128 +9.02% 2

East Ham Central 98,378 -17.98% 28,988 -4.57% 4

Boleyn 96,088 -14.41% 27,725 -3.03% 9

East Ham South 95,540 -6.93% 29,384 +1.28% 10

West Ham 91,380 -6.23% 31,609 +13.58% 14

East Ham North 85,097 -26.32% 25,383 -12.73% 7

Green Street West 84,750 -26.85% 25,715 -7.51% 1

Custom House 80,493 -11.6% 29,035 -2.89% 18

Beckton 74,812 -29.72% 42,237 +10.37% 20

Royal Docks 69,745 +74.35% 23,609 +69.11% 19

Unallocated 7,709 N/A 9,190 N/A N/A

Table 4 below uses the breakdown by Ward to show usage by Community Neighbourhood, ranked by gas use, the highest first. At this level there does seem to be a correlation with our fuel poverty rankings, strong in the case of gas, less so in the case of electricity. It also shows that gas use has been lower than expected in high fuel poverty areas, perhaps indicating that residents have been turning off their gas heating systems in order to reduce bills.

Community Neighbourhood Av gas

use (kWh)



Av elec use

(kWh)



FP Ranking

(2012 10%

indicator)

East Ham 315,699 -11.45% 96,503 3.76% 2

Custom House & Canning Town 299,495 10.84% 92,043 4.77% 7

Manor Park 292,808 -17.03% 89,028 -1.92% 3

Green Street 279,804 -20.93% 85,568 -0.34% 1

Plaistow 227,372 3.64% 63,368 6.13% 5

Forest Gate 209,555 -14.56% 63,566 0.24% 4

Stratford & West Ham 205,325 8.51% 64,623 9.21% 6

Beckton & Royal Docks 144,557 -1.29% 65,846 26.07% 8

Unallocated 7,709 N/A 9,190 N/A N/A

Table 3: Newham 2012 domestic gas and electricity consumption by Ward

Table 4: Newham 2012 domestic gas and electricity consumption by Community Neighbourhood


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Barriers to improving energy efficiency levels in Newham Low income levels:

Newham has the second highest unemployment rate in London at 11.8%.5

About 37% of the households in the borough are on benefits.

Even for those in work, we have the lowest gross full-time weekly pay rate in London.

The average annual household income is £23,872 compared to the national UK average of £27,347 when generally speaking London incomes and costs are higher.

Compared to most other London boroughs, Newham does not have a sizeable distinct affluent area(s) and many owner-occupiers are on low incomes including 20% on benefits. This creates barriers to takeup of energy efficiency schemes requiring significant resident investment, such as the Green Deal, outlined in the next section of this report.

A large and problematic private rented sector:

Compared to many boroughs especially those in Central London, Newham’s private rented sector is not in good physical condition

Tenants are generally on low-income with around 54% of private rented households earning £20,000 or less, with 43% earning £15,000 or less. 33% are on benefits compared to 26% on Housing Benefit nationally.6

Pressures on supply have been caused by the Olympics and the recession and in general the sector has become a magnet for transient and hard-to-reach groups such as those with immigration issues and language and cultural barriers to engaging with authority.

Newham landlords are comparatively disengaged, sometimes absentee, often with a small portfolio of properties and operating on a small profit margin with little incentive to invest. Rentals are often not their main income stream. This creates barriers to takeup not only of investment opportunities but also of grant schemes targeting the vulnerable such as ECO, outlined in the next section of this report.

Age and health-related issues:

Newham has become a comparatively young borough whereas significant funding is targeted at the vulnerable elderly such as those on Pension Credit

Issues such as mental health and long-term medical conditions are prevalent in the borough and these, whilst attracting funding, can be practical barriers to residents coming forward to get work done.

Opportunities offered by the new funding frameworks of ‘Green Deal’ and ‘ECO’ Green Deal and ECO are the Coalition flagship energy efficiency schemes launched in January 2013. Using the Green Deal, residents pay back the cost of the improvements over time through the electricity bill. The electricity supplier passes the payments on to the Green Deal Provider who carried out the work. The annual amount repaid is capped, at no more than a typical household will save on heating bills as a result of the improvements. For more details see http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Take-action/Find-a-grant/Green-Deal-and-ECO. ‘ECO’ is the abbreviation for Energy Company Obligation, whereby the main energy suppliers have now been given a new set of targets by central government to save carbon/reduce home heating costs. The first phase started on 1 January 2013 and runs to 31 March 2015, with a second phase ECO2 running from 1 April 2015 until 31 March 2017. It focuses on providing energy efficiency measures to low income and vulnerable consumers and those living in 'hard-to-treat'

5 ONS April 2013-March 2014

6 EHS 2011/12

http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Take-action/Find-a-grant/Green-Deal-and-ECO

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/subnational-labour/regional-labour-market-statistics/september-2014/rft-lm-table-li01-september-2014.xls


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properties, by placing an obligation on energy suppliers to fund energy efficiency improvements worth around £1.3 billion per year in the first phase, and £1.05 billion per year in ECO2. There are three elements to ECO: Carbon Saving Obligation (also known as CERO) – During the first phase this covers the installation of measures like solid wall and hard-to-treat cavity wall insulation, which ordinarily cannot be financed solely through the Green Deal. In ECO2 this will be extended to include loft and cavity wall insulation. Carbon Saving Communities Obligation (CSCO) - This provides insulation measures to households in specified areas of low income. Affordable Warmth Obligation (also known as HHCRO) - This provides heating and insulation measures to private sector residents on certain means-tested benefits, which apply to vulnerable groups including the elderly, disabled and families. Green Deal in particular has got off to a very slow start. Since the launch on 28 January 2013, DECC has reported that by 31st March 2014 nationally there had been only 2,500 Green Deal measures installed to 995 properties, from 188,234 Green Deal Assessments. To promote early takeup, from 1st November 2012 DECC had offered ‘cashback’ incentives once work was complete – however by 31st March 2014 this had led to only 11,488 measures. Together with the Green Deal only funded only measures, these works represented only 2% of measures installed over this period, the remaining 98% being delivered under ECO funding. There are many concerns about the fundamentals and detailed working of Green Deal, summarised as follows: Owner-occupiers Will they agree to what will probably be perceived as a very long-term loan at commercial interest rates in the current economic climate. The fuel bill savings are not guaranteed and a household’s energy use can change over time especially over the period of these loans – and even more likely, if the property is sold a new household’s energy use could well be different and hence the estimated fuel bill savings do not occur. So we could see a situation where purchasers demand that the loan is repaid before sale. Private tenants For the first time improvements would not rely on the landlord, but how attractive is it for tenants to pay. Many are transient (London average length of tenancy 18 months), and with insecure tenancies there is a fear of a rent increase which would cancel out the fuel bill savings, or retaliatory eviction by the landlord. Our view is that Green Deal is primarily catering for affluent owner-occupiers and we are not anticipating major demand in the private sector in Newham. However our Green Deal and ECO partnership with Willmott Dixon Energy Services, detailed later in this report, should capture any interest. However we have always anticipated that Newham has considerable potential for ECO funding, especially the HHCRO strand for private sector vulnerable residents and the CSCO strand for insulation for priority areas of which we have 150, representing 92% of the borough and the highest in London. Our good level of ECO takeup is detailed later in this report.


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What we are doing in Newham to improve our domestic energy efficiency standards Despite the barriers, we have a good track record in maximising external funding to support an active programme of intervention, and seek to maintain this track record under the new funding arrangements. We promote all funding assistance available through our webpages http://www.newham.gov.uk/Pages/Category/Energy-efficiency.aspx as well as specifically targeting eligible groups through outreach or mailouts.

Installation of physical measures The two most common measures are the repair/replacement of individual central heating systems and insulation. It is estimated that poor insulation means around £1 in every £4 currently spent heating UK homes is wasted. Until 2013 the only insulation work funded by central government was loft and cavity wall insulation. Solid wall insulation is now available, funded through the Green Deal/ECO framework - an estimated 53% of properties in Newham are Victorian terrace solid walled. Social tenants, including council tenants, have their heating and insulation maintained by their landlords. For vulnerable private residents, we promoted access to central government’s fuel poverty programme Warm Front. In a typical year we attracted about £1.1M of this funding into the borough, assisting over 600 residents with heating and insulation, and we were consistently in the top 3 London boroughs for receipt of these funds. However this scheme was stopped in January 2013 as part of the move to the new funding frameworks of Green Deal/ECO. Additionally, since 2001 we were able to offer assistance through a local social enterprise London Warm Zone (LWZ), through access to East London ‘sub-regional’ funding provided ultimately by central government. In a typical year we were able to access about £350k of these funds, the highest in East London, with over 100 residents assisted with heating. Newham was the ‘Accountable Body’ (Lead Borough) for the East London Renewal Partnership of the seven East London boroughs which administered these funds. We also gained funding for the Partnership for more of these measures from the Department of Health Warm Homes Fund, both in 11/12 and 12/13. In partnership with London Warm Zone, we pioneered new ways of identifying and helping fuel poor residents, as detailed in the next section. However this funding has wound down over the last few years and has now expired. Outputs for the last 2 years are as follows:

ELRP Heating Outputs

Year Number

Total Spend OO PR Total

2012/13 24 10 34 £123,257.81

2013/14 32 7 39 £150,384.23

Total 56 17 73 £273,642.04

LWZ also assisted us to gain access to CERT energy supplier funding for loft and cavity wall insulation through their contract with EDF Energy. Over the last two years 741 private sector residents have accessed £187,968 worth of loft and cavity wall insulation using this route. The CERT scheme has also now ended.

Table 5: Newham ELRP heating outputs 2012-14

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Over the last three years we also successfully bid for GLA (RE:NEW Phases 1 and 2) and Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) funding to identify and in many cases fund works, especially for vulnerable private sector residents, as Table 6 below shows.

Measure RE:NEW 1 ODA RE:NEW 2 Total

Number Cost Number Cost Number Cost Number Cost

CWI 0 £0.00 4 £1,160.00 4 £1,004.58 8 £2,164.58

Full loft 17 £4,165.00 42 £12,180.00 68 £12,873.52 127 £29,218.52

Loft top-up 21 £4,725.00 28 £8,120.00 1 £240.46 50 £13,085.46

Heating 11 £28,678.00 0 £0.00 387 £1,305,351.00 398 £1,334,029.00

Total 49 £37,568.00 74 £21,460.00 460 £1,319,469.56 583 £1,378,497.56

Action to identify eligible households Newham has established good practice in this area: We pioneered the neighbourhood-based approach to domestic energy efficiency in partnership

with London Warm Zone (LWZ) from 2001. LWZ started life as Newham Warm Zone in 2001

when Newham was selected as a Fuel Poverty priority area by central government, and

together we pioneered this approach which has now been recognized and adopted by central

government as national best practice. It involves targeting a neighbourhood (usually a ward)

for door-to-door assessments followed by a one-stop shop for practical and financial

assistance, referrals for heating and insulation measures together with income maximisation.

Since 2001 we have canvassed every ward in the borough at least once.

In order to identify particularly needy cases we supplement the door-knocking process with a

referral network of professional groups such as health fieldworkers, and community groups

such as ethnic minority elderly. We have committed time and external resources to building up

this network. We used the Department of Health Warm Homes funding to develop a short

training course for front-line staff and volunteers on how to recognise the signs of fuel poverty

and how to make a referral to LWZ, Adult Services and/or the ActiveNewham Befriending

scheme on behalf of hard-to-reach residents. We trained 175 local ‘Affordable Warmth

Champions’.

We also supplement this search by issuing mailouts to suitable benefit recipients.

We also have an established extensive energy property database which we purchased in 1996

and have updated annually and extended regularly ever since, with a current coverage of 53%

and the facility to report by ward. It lists all the properties in the borough and records the

energy efficiency standard where known. We are now looking at the best options for upgrading

this, to report by LSOA (small neighbourhoods) and to capture benefits data as well, in order

to be able to make a desktop fuel poverty calculation.

Action to reduce energy use through promotion of behaviour change The three GLA/ODA projects we ran recently across selected areas of the borough did aim to improve levels of energy efficient behaviour. Trained energy assessors visited residents’ homes for about an hour, inspecting energy systems, installing energy monitors and other energy saving devices such as shower-timers, giving general energy saving advice and tips, and referring the resident on to schemes such as Warm Front if they were eligible for fuel poverty schemes which provide heating and/or insulation. The total funding for these schemes amounted to £620,381.25 and the wards involved were Little Ilford, Green Street East, West Ham, Forest Gate South, Forest Gate North and Beckton. Table 7 below shows the outputs of these schemes and the carbon saved.

Table 6: Newham RE:NEW projects heating and insulation outputs


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The Government are also currently driving the roll out of ‘smart meters’ to every household in Great Britain. It hopes that these will help consumers to manage their energy use. The plan is that through ‘real time displays’ (small monitors), households will be able to understand the cost of the energy that they are using and avoid waste.

How we are tackling the private rented sector Our private rented sector is now estimated to comprise over 40,000 dwellings and is now the largest tenure in the borough having nearly doubled in size over the last 10 years. From 1st January 2013 we became the first UK borough to license all private rented property. This is intended to act as a driver to improve property management standards. Specifically for energy efficiency standards:

heating appliances are to be properly checked, maintained and working efficiently.

the requirement for energy performance certification will ensure that both tenants and

landlords are made aware of steps that can be taken to reduce energy consumption.

We have a target of full compliance by 2017. Working closely with the Police, Immigration Enforcement and HMRC, the scheme has already been successful in addressing some of the worst behaviours in the sector. As at 28th March 2014, there had been 224 prosecutions, 128 simple cautions, 132 multiagency operations, 270 arrests, 18 landlords banned and 564 probationary licences issued for one year only representing 783

www.newham.gov.uk/propertylicensing properties. For more details see

The role of new-build and RSLs The large scale of our low-carbon new-build developments makes a significant contribution to our levels of domestic energy efficiency. This is also a major way in which RSLs make their contribution, such as the ex-Olympic Athletes Village development, now known as East Village, led by Triathlon, an RSL consortium. The scale of our continuing newbuild market is indicated by the fact that from April 2008 to March 2014, Newham at 3,436 had the second largest number of post-completion certificates7 issued nationally, Tower Hamlets having the largest.8

7 These ‘Code for Sustainable Homes’ certificates award a ‘sustainability’ score to each new housing unit.

RE:NEW 1 ODA RE:NEW 2 Total

Visits 2,154 1,532 1,301 4,987

Easy Measures

Draught Proofing 3 298 - 301

Eco Betas - - 575 575

Hippo cistern displacement device 28 - 28

Hot Water Tank Jackets - 7 - 7

Radiator panels - 1,457 14 1,471

Real time monitors 2,037 1,408 876 4,321

Save a flush 995 786 691 2,472

Shower Heads 1,288 913 793 2,994

Showertimers 1,244 1,123 809 3,176

Stand-by switches 1,974 1,210 - 3,184

Tap Aerators 833 354 311 1,498

Total 8,402 7,556 4,069 20,027

Carbon Saved (Tonnes) 4,379.19 2,444.95 1,359.73 8,183.87

NumberItem

Table 7: Newham RE:NEW projects “easy measures” outputs

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How we are already maximising funding through the new ECO framework We were fortunate that through the RE:NEW 2 scheme we had contractors already on the ground when the ECO scheme launched in January 2013. Further, Newham’s potential to attract AW and CSCO funding has been widely recognized by private contractors responsible for implementing the scheme, and many areas of the borough have been targeted for visits. Tables 8 and 9 below show firstly, how we benefitted from RE:NEW 2 more than any other East London borough, nearly as much as the other East London boroughs put together; and secondly how much more ECO in total we have received than any other borough in London.

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ItemBarking &

DagenhamHackney Havering Newham Redbridge

Tower

Hamlets

Waltham

Forest

Sub Total

(Excluding LBN)

Grand Total

(Including LBN)

Heating

ECO (HHCRO) £161,904.00 £26,984.00 £131,547.00 £1,305,351.00 £426,101.00 £30,357.00 £340,673.00 £1,117,566.00 £2,422,917.00

Heating Sub Total £161,904.00 £26,984.00 £131,547.00 £1,305,351.00 £426,101.00 £30,357.00 £340,673.00 £1,117,566.00 £2,422,917.00

Insulation

RE:NEW £4,229.00 £1,847.00 £7,729.00 £1,538.00 £13,236.00 £2,726.00 £5,729.00 £35,496.00 £37,034.00

CERT £1,428.00 £1,139.00 £16,430.00 £8,549.00 £1,294.00 £1,053.00 £8,387.00 £29,731.00 £38,280.00

ECO (CERO/CSCO) £5,282.00 £879.00 £49,073.00 £7,230.00 £7,424.00 £824.00 £99,584.00 £163,066.00 £170,296.00

Insulation Sub Total £10,939.00 £3,865.00 £73,232.00 £17,317.00 £21,954.00 £4,603.00 £113,700.00 £228,293.00 £245,610.00

Total £172,843.00 £30,849.00 £204,779.00 £1,322,668.00 £448,055.00 £34,960.00 £454,373.00 £1,345,859.00 £2,668,527.00

Table 8: East London RE:NEW 2 outputs

Map 1: ECO measures installed in London boroughs


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We are currently working to improve further on this performance in future years. We now have a 17 month contract with Willmott Dixon Energy Services, running from 1st September 2014 to 31st March 2016, for both the council stock and the private sector, for them to partner with us to identify more ECO-eligible residents and properties and install appropriate measures, and also to identify any residents interested in Green Deal.

Local Authority

Carbon

Saving

Target

(CERO)

Carbon

Savings

Community

(CSCO)

Affordable

Warmth

(HHCRO)

Total no. of

ECO

measures

delivered

H/holds

with at

least one

usual

resident

ECO

measures

per 1,000

h/holds

Newham 348 1,513 1,392 3,253 101,519 32.0

Ealing 1,907 864 584 3,355 124,082 27.0

Southw ark 2,928 241 57 3,226 120,422 26.8

Tow er Hamlets 2,280 329 91 2,700 101,257 26.7

Hackney 1,289 908 275 2,472 101,690 24.3

Haringey 963 1,097 376 2,436 101,955 23.9

Enfield 831 1,037 954 2,822 119,916 23.5

Barking & Dagenham 273 702 632 1,607 69,681 23.1

Lambeth 2,483 425 81 2,989 130,017 23.0

Waltham Forest 291 1,006 865 2,162 96,861 22.3

Hillingdon 1,517 121 538 2,176 100,214 21.7

Bromley 1,917 281 321 2,519 130,862 19.2

Havering 973 348 485 1,806 97,199 18.6

Redbridge 760 67 899 1,726 99,105 17.4

Greenw ich 520 884 288 1,692 101,045 16.7

Islington 1,241 269 15 1,525 93,556 16.3

Bexley 823 260 341 1,424 92,604 15.4

Sutton 1,026 16 163 1,205 78,174 15.4

Kingston 904 0 64 968 63,639 15.2

Croydon 1,110 471 537 2,118 145,010 14.6

Barnet 1,501 38 418 1,957 135,916 14.4

Harrow 843 24 321 1,188 84,268 14.1

Camden 1,256 41 13 1,310 97,534 13.4

Hounslow 867 95 287 1,249 94,902 13.2

Brent 611 361 438 1,410 110,286 12.8

Lew isham 355 710 273 1,338 116,091 11.5

Merton 340 0 200 540 78,757 6.9

Richmond 469 0 48 517 79,835 6.5

Wandsw orth 548 63 102 713 130,493 5.5

Westminster 317 105 9 431 105,772 4.1

H/smith & Fulham 23 131 11 165 80,590 2.0

Kensington & Chelsea 6 19 4 29 78,536 0.4

City of London 0 0 0 0 4,385 0.0

Table 9: ECO measures installed in London boroughs